PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the effects of smoking cessation on the sexual functions in men aged 30 to 60 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male patients aged 30 to 60 years that presented to the smoking cessation polyclinic between July 2017 and December 2018 were prospectively included in the study. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/monastrol.html The amount of exposure to tobacco was evaluated in packyear. The patients filled the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) form before the cessation and six months after cessation of smoking. Patients were subgrouped according to age, education level and packs/year of smoking and this groups were compared in terms of IIEF total and all of the IIEF domains. RESULTS The evaluations performed by grouping the patients according to age (30-39, 40-49 and 50-60 years) and education level (primary-middle school and high schooluniversity) revealed that the total IIEF scores obtained after smoking cessation were significantly higher compared to the baseline scores in all groups (p=0.007 for the 30-39 years group and p less then 0.001 for the remaining groups). According to grouping by exposure to smoking (?25, 26-50, 51-75, 76-100 and 101? packs/year), the total IIEF scores significantly increased after smoking cessation in all groups except 101? packs/year (p=0.051 for the 101? group and p less then 0.001 for the remaining groups). CONCLUSIONS Erectile function is directly proportional to the degree of exposure to smoking, and quitting smoking improves male sexual function in all age groups between 30-60 years of age regardless of pack-year and education level. Copyright® by the International Brazilian Journal of Urology.PURPOSE To identify incidence and predictors of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 589 HoLEP patients from 2012-2018. Patients were assessed at pre-operative and post-operative visits. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed to identify predictors of SUI. RESULTS 52/589 patients (8.8%) developed transient SUI, while 9/589 (1.5%) developed long-term SUI. tSUI resolved for 46 patients (88.5%) within the first six weeks and in 6 patients (11.5%) between 6 weeks to 3 months. Long-term SUI patients required intervention, achieving continence at 16.4 months on average, 44 men (70.9%) with incontinence were catheter dependent preoperatively. Mean prostatic volume was 148.7mL in tSUI patients, 111.6mL in long-term SUI, and 87.9mL in others (p 100g and catheter dependency are associated with increased risk tSUI. Larger prostate volume is an independent predictor of any SUI, and tSUI. Copyright® by the International Brazilian Journal of Urology.OBJECTIVE AND HYPOTHESIS We aimed to investigate the reasons of storage symptoms ( SS) after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The&nbsp;hypothesis&nbsp;was that a positive correlation would be identified between preoperative and postoperative SS in patients with undergoing TURP and starting early solifenacin treatment in patients with high preoperative SS would be reasonable. In addition, we aimed to analyze multiple other risk factors for post-TURP SS. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 160 patients undergoing TURP were prospectively evaluated and divided into two groups according to their OABS. Those with a score of ?10 points were Group 1 (G1), and those with less then 10 points Group 2 (G2). In addition, patients in each group were randomly further divided into two subgroups those who were started on 5 mg solifenacin succinate in the early postoperative period (G1/G2 A) and those who were not (G1/G2 B). In additions to SS Preop, perop and at the 3rd-month of postoperatively 14 variable were evaluated.g solifenacin succinate treatment in the early postoperative period may be beneficial for patients with high preoperative SS and may not be beneficial in others. Small prostatic volume may bode ill for postoperative SS in the patients with de novo SS. Copyright® by the International Brazilian Journal of Urology.Overall 410 scientific papers on the health of immigrants in Italy published from January 2010 to September 2019 were tracked on PubMed and classified by methodology adopted and health issue investigated. Results were compared with a similar review carried out for the decade 2000-2009. The number of available papers has almost tripled. Infectious diseases, although no longer accounting for the majority of publications, are still a well-represented issue; within this field, parasitic infections have been increasingly investigated over time. Many studies published in the last decade addressed adherence to cancer screening, workplace accidents, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases. Based on the characteristics of the immigrant population (country of origin, migration path, length of stay in Italy, socio-economic status), and taking into account the rapid changes in the distribution of risk factors and pathologies at global level, informative gaps can be identified to be filled with new lines of research. Another priority for the epidemiological community is to disseminate the already available evidence to the whole staff of the National Health Service.The monograph on immigrants' health recently published by Epidemiologia &amp; Prevenzione provides an updated contribution to this subject by the Italian Network of Longitudinal Metropolitan Studies. This paper suggests methodological and thematic aspects that should be addressed by future studies in order to provide the knowledge relevant to social and health policies networking with researchers and with the subjects dealing in various ways with immigration as well as the preparation of a communication plan aimed at the community and at decision makers are the methodological aspects on which the possibility of studies generating actions depends. Among the objects of investigation the health of the second generations, the study of drug prescriptions and of the access to Emergency Room as well as the evaluation of the interventions implemented by each municipality seem the most relevant. The need of a timely and periodic monitoring of the health outcomes is also underlined and the possibility of a study on the health of migrants during their migrant journey is proposed.